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Offline DaveR

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Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?
« Reply #3420 on: January 24, 2013, 09:54:55 pm »
Be fair, Wrex, they're only getting 400,000 tonnes of sand, they can't be any spare for Llandudno.  :roll:

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« Reply #3421 on: January 25, 2013, 09:46:07 am »
Driving along Colwyn Bay Prom yesterday it did not seem that the beach was in any way short of sand!  Pleny for any sand castle contest one could organise.

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Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?
« Reply #3422 on: January 25, 2013, 12:06:54 pm »
It's quite a good beach really so I hope that these consultants don't make the same mistake as they did on the West Shore at LLandudno.

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Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?
« Reply #3423 on: January 25, 2013, 09:41:57 pm »
Does anyone know when the Daffs are due up and how they are going to promote when they come up,how long do Daffs stay for etc.This is a great idea as is the crocus they have started to put around town,i remember seeing them in Harrogate and thought they looked spectacular.I went to Dwgyfylchi a few weeks ago and was stunned to see all the daffs out in front of the church,i even went over and made sure they where real,obviously they are established but i walked along Haulfre gardens yesterday and i can see no sign of one daff coming up,i presume they have put the daffs in the gardens,back to the question how is the Daff capitol of Wales going to be promoted once the first ones appear,i am looking forward to seeing them,just not sure how you promote them in such a small timescale.

Send a message to Blodyn and you will get a proper answer to your question Wrex. The Daffs we planted are all showing good signs of growth and if it hadn't been for this cold spell they would have been well on the way to budding. Most Daffs weather permitting, tend to flower around St. David’s Day (that’s the 1st of March for the English speakers) and you can expect them to last for at least a Month.

If you want to know how they are going to promote the Daffodils have a look on http://www.daffodilcapitalofwales.co.uk/
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« Reply #3424 on: January 26, 2013, 09:17:19 am »
Thank you Blongb,that is a good website,very impressed,will walk up the Happy Valley tomoz and have a look.

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« Reply #3425 on: January 26, 2013, 01:01:00 pm »
Wrex-- you'll have to attract Blodyn's attention on the forum, as we have lost the ability to private message.
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« Reply #3426 on: January 26, 2013, 10:39:57 pm »
For all of you who did not see "How Britain Works" all about Llandudno,it will be repeated tomorrow night on More 4 at 9pm(sunday)

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« Reply #3427 on: January 29, 2013, 06:39:57 pm »
'Die Motherf*****': Crazed neighbour stabbed line dancer and wife with Rambo hunting knife 'because they tidied up his flat while feeding the cat '

By Simon Tomlinson
PUBLISHED: 16:27, 29 January 2013 | UPDATED: 17:53, 29 January 2013


An elderly line dancer and his houseproud wife were stabbed in a Rambo-style revenge attack by a crazed pensioner who went berserk over them cleaning his flat.

Retired salesman Nigel Gibbs, 66, and his 67-year-old wife Marjorie had agreed to look after neighbour Sean Tierney's pet cat while he attended an air show.

But former soldier Tierney, 66, was furious when he returned to his home in Llandudno, Wales, to find the couple had thrown some mouldy food out of his fridge, emptied the cat litter and did some vacuum cleaning.

When he heard Mr Gibbs doing some DIY with a power saw at his flat next door, Tierney grabbed a combat knife and stabbed his neighbour in the chest in a vicious ambush.

As Mr Gibbs attempted to escape, Tierney who was said to have 'staring eyes like a zombie in a film', then ran into the victim's home and repeatedly stabbed Marjorie as she dialled 999 for help.

An operator who fielded the call could only listen in horror as Mrs Gibbs screamed for her life whilst Tierney shouted: 'die motherf******!'.

The devoted couple who had just moved to the Welsh seaside town after living in California for 15 years were rushed to hospital fighting for life and were said to be lucky to survive the attack.

Later when Tierney was arrested and interviewed, he told police how he had been 'wound up' by Mr Gibbs who was nicknamed 'Tex' by friends due to his stint in the U.S.

He told officers: 'It had to happen, he won't give up creating problems for me, mechanically sawing deliberately without informing me of all the noise, so he's just a wind up, so he had to go.'
'Like a zombie': Former soldierSean Tierney was furious when hefouind out the couple had thrown some mouldy food from his fridge, emptied the cat litter and vacuumed his house

'Like a zombie': Former soldierSean Tierney was furious when hefouind out the couple had thrown some mouldy food from his fridge, emptied the cat litter and vacuumed his house

Today, as Tierney began a life sentence after admitting attempted murder, Mr and Mrs Gibbs who have since quit their home vowed to put the attack behind them by telling one another every day how they much loved each other.

'We are both positive people and wish to put the incident behind us, but the attack has affected our confidence,' they said in a statement.

'We would not like Sean Tierney to be able to inflict such pain on any other person and we will not let him ruin our lives. We both feel lucky to be alive.'

The couple who have been together for 46 years were said to have been a 'caring and lovely' couple who often helped their neighbours with gardening and housework.

Mr Gibbs formerly of Oswestry, Shropshire worked as a salesman for a telecoms company in Saudi Arabia before moving with his wife to California in 1986.

He worked for a car firm in Newport Beach and later at garage door company in Los Angeles. It is believed he retired in 1990 and the couple returned to the UK in February last year and moved into the flat in Ffordd Dulyn, Llandudno.

Initially the couple were friends with Tierney who lived in the flat above but trouble began in August last year after they agreed to look after his cat while he went away to an air show and he returned to find his home had been tidied.

Mold Crown Court was told Tierney, who was dismissed from the military when he was in his 20s, had 'got it into his head that his neighbours were interfering or changing his way of life.' and 'snapped'.

Mr Gibbs was using the power saw outside the apartment block when Tierney suddenly put the combat knife to his face and told him: 'I'm going to teach you a lesson' before he stabbed him in the chest.

He tried to flee the attack but Tierney then aimed for Mrs Gibbs's throat as she was inside her flat calling for help.

She put her right arm up to protect herself described how she almost lost her hand. She escaped by jumping out of a bedroom window and was bleeding profusely from the wounds to the chest, wrist and abdomen.

After the attack Tierney left a phone message for a friend in which he told how he had 'just killed those two bastards downstairs' before being arrested by armed police following an hour long siege of his flat.

Mrs Gibbs is still awaiting further surgery, and said her life will never be the same again.
Screamed for her life: Mrs Gibbs was repeatedly stabbed by Tierney as she dialled 999 for help

Screamed for her life: Mrs Gibbs was repeatedly stabbed by Tierney as she dialled 999 for help

She had three stab wounds to her right breast, one to her abdomen, a very deep wound to her right wrist and a wound to the thumb.

She underwent emergency surgery on her liver and a major wound which went through her diaphragm and penetrated the chest and lung.

In a victim impact statement the couple said loved socialising, especially square or line dancing and had planned to take up ballroom dancing.

But since the knife attack Mrs Gibbs had not regained the movement in her right hand. She told how she had a visible deep scar across the wrist and took 20 tablets a day for the pain.

She was conscious of the scars she had all over her body, from the actual knife wounds and the surgical intervention which saved her life.

'Every day I feel the pain and the trauma of the stabbing,' she said. 'I had always been such a strong person but I am now living on my nerves.'

She is now unable to wash her hair herself, dress walk or dance. She struggled to sleep and sometimes witnessed her husband having nightmares.
Scene: Tierney went berserk after returning to his house (red door, far right) to find the couple had cleaned

Scene: Tierney went berserk after returning to his house (red door, far right) to find the couple had cleaned

Her husband said that he suffered nightmares and flashbacks and relived being stabbed and running for his life.

Mr Gibbs who suffered a badly damaged right lung was not able to walk upstairs without losing his breath and they could no longer go dancing. It had affected his confidence and he was now more introverted.

He had suffered a lung infection at Christmas and annual lung capacity tests showed that his lungs had deteriorated by some 20%.

Their lives had changed dramatically and he was now constantly looking after his wife, who had been severely affected. He suffered nightmares and flashbacks and relived being stabbed and running for his life.

Tierney must serve a minimum of 15 years before being considered for parole. Judge Merfyn Hughes QC told him: 'You destroyed your victims' lives.

'They will never regain the happy days that they had been enjoying in their retirement until these dreadful events'.

After the case, Det Insp Iestyn Davies of North Wales Police said: 'Sean Tierney stabbed Mr and Mrs Gibbs for no apparent reason and it is due to their strength and determination, together with the skill of the medical staff that they have survived.

'Tierney armed himself with a combat knife with the intention to kill Nigel and Marjorie and very nearly achieved his aim.

At the time of the attack one neighbour Wendy Jones, 44, said: 'They are such lovely

people who were out to help anybody. They have done so much for me and this is so sad.

'We are all just in shock about what has happened. I have cerebral palsy and cannot drive so they have given me lifts and just recently took me to buy a digital camera because I was going on holiday to visit a friend.

'They have also cooked meals for me when I have been feeling low, they have done so much. They really looked out for me and other people on the estate, they are very caring people. They got on with everyone and would not hurt a fly.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270181/Elderly-line-dancer-wife-stabbed-Rambo-revenge-attack-crazed-neighbour-tidying-flat-him.html#ixzz2JOJYkQsU
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Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?
« Reply #3428 on: January 30, 2013, 07:55:47 pm »
The main jetty has sustained quite a bit of damage this Winter:

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« Reply #3429 on: January 31, 2013, 12:42:48 pm »
Llandudno Hospital Action Group
The Biggest Protest March we have ever held is planned for 23 February . 11am from North Western Gardens.We are being joined by groups from all over North Wales who are disappointed with BCUHB , Please support us. More details later.

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Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?
« Reply #3430 on: February 02, 2013, 11:05:39 am »
Just noticed that some of the letters on Littlers Buildings have dropped off.  Wonder how long before it reads Litter Bugs!

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« Reply #3431 on: February 02, 2013, 03:50:33 pm »
Just seen a car actually parked halfway across the Pedestrian Crossing outside Marks - amazing!

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« Reply #3432 on: February 02, 2013, 07:41:07 pm »
Did you get a picture as it is worth 3 points on their licence and a complimentary fine to boot?

Lazy b@st@rd for parking in a position endangering people on the crossing but at least the driver was not doing 41mph towards the Links Hotel down Conway Road which attracts the same penalty.

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« Reply #3433 on: February 02, 2013, 08:08:29 pm »
I was passing in a car, so didn't have time. Couldn't believe it though!  :o

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« Reply #3434 on: February 02, 2013, 09:10:00 pm »
Probably thought it was ok if they parked between the two sets of zig zag lines which are on either side of the crossing. No zig zag lines, no double yellows. Obvious place to park.